So - had my first real chance to use the R3 with the RF 100-500 in anger at the weekend, 10 hours a day both days trackside.
I spent a little while tweaking to what suited me and all I can say is "yep - that will more than do for me" once the power settings were sorted to shut the evf off quite quickly the battery level improved a lot - last weekend I had a quick try out at Brands hatch, with the rain cover on it kept covering the eye piece so making the drain a lot more i.e. 100 photo's down to 80%. . . . . yep freaked me out also.
Saturday however, even with checking shots, trying a few of the different focusing functions etc etc I manage 1780 shots before changing batteries, bear in mind the camera gets turned on at around 07:00 and not turned off until about 18:30, I cover multiple series averaging 400 drivers and need to try to get between 10 > 20 shots from various points of each and every one so hard work for any camera set up.
I was going to try and post up a few sample shots but honestly - really struggled to even pick a few, even panned at 1/20 and had keepers - if it's okay with admin I will just put up two links to the separate galleries.
Saturday
Sunday
May not be to everyone's 'cup of tea' but I am so very glad I moved across, still a lot to learn but hey, would be boring if it was easy huh.
I spent a little while tweaking to what suited me and all I can say is "yep - that will more than do for me" once the power settings were sorted to shut the evf off quite quickly the battery level improved a lot - last weekend I had a quick try out at Brands hatch, with the rain cover on it kept covering the eye piece so making the drain a lot more i.e. 100 photo's down to 80%. . . . . yep freaked me out also.
Saturday however, even with checking shots, trying a few of the different focusing functions etc etc I manage 1780 shots before changing batteries, bear in mind the camera gets turned on at around 07:00 and not turned off until about 18:30, I cover multiple series averaging 400 drivers and need to try to get between 10 > 20 shots from various points of each and every one so hard work for any camera set up.
I was going to try and post up a few sample shots but honestly - really struggled to even pick a few, even panned at 1/20 and had keepers - if it's okay with admin I will just put up two links to the separate galleries.
Saturday
Sunday
May not be to everyone's 'cup of tea' but I am so very glad I moved across, still a lot to learn but hey, would be boring if it was easy huh.
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